diff --git a/tests/helpers.sh b/tests/helpers.sh
index a9c0d0d6..31565c7a 100755
--- a/tests/helpers.sh
+++ b/tests/helpers.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ title()
         shift 1
         echo ""
         echo "## $*"
+        if [ -f "${PPDBGFILE}" ]; then
+            echo "[TEST]: $*" >> ${PPDBGFILE}
+        fi
         ;;
     "LINE")
         shift 1
diff --git a/tests/setup-kryoptic.sh b/tests/setup-kryoptic.sh
index b62ca822..176c550d 100755
--- a/tests/setup-kryoptic.sh
+++ b/tests/setup-kryoptic.sh
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ title LINE "Export test variables to ${TMPPDIR}/testvars"
 cat >> "${TMPPDIR}/testvars" <<DBGSCRIPT
 export P11LIB=${P11LIB}
 export PKCS11_PROVIDER_MODULE=${P11LIB}
+export PPDBGFILE=${TMPPDIR}/p11prov-debug.log
 export PKCS11_PROVIDER_DEBUG="file:${TMPPDIR}/p11prov-debug.log"
 export OPENSSL_CONF="${OPENSSL_CONF}"
 export KRYOPTIC_CONF="${TMPPDIR}/tokens/kryoptic.sql"
diff --git a/tests/setup-softhsm.sh b/tests/setup-softhsm.sh
index d117591a..d647787d 100755
--- a/tests/setup-softhsm.sh
+++ b/tests/setup-softhsm.sh
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ title LINE "Export test variables to ${TMPPDIR}/testvars"
 cat >> "${TMPPDIR}/testvars" <<DBGSCRIPT
 export P11LIB=${P11LIB}
 export PKCS11_PROVIDER_MODULE=${P11LIB}
+export PPDBGFILE=${TMPPDIR}/p11prov-debug.log
 export PKCS11_PROVIDER_DEBUG="file:${TMPPDIR}/p11prov-debug.log"
 export OPENSSL_CONF="${OPENSSL_CONF}"
 export SOFTHSM2_CONF=${TMPPDIR}/softhsm.conf
diff --git a/tests/setup-softokn.sh b/tests/setup-softokn.sh
index 1a25eca2..62e320cd 100755
--- a/tests/setup-softokn.sh
+++ b/tests/setup-softokn.sh
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ sed -e "s|@libtoollibs@|${LIBSPATH}|g" \
 
 title LINE "Export tests variables to ${TMPPDIR}/testvars"
 cat > "${TMPPDIR}/testvars" <<DBGSCRIPT
+export PPDBGFILE=${TMPPDIR}/p11prov-debug.log
 export PKCS11_PROVIDER_DEBUG="file:${TMPPDIR}/p11prov-debug.log"
 export PKCS11_PROVIDER_MODULE="${SOFTOKNPATH%%/}/libsoftokn3${SHARED_EXT}"
 export OPENSSL_CONF="${OPENSSL_CONF}"